Whether there is not a great difference between Holland and Ireland? And whether foreign commerce, without which the one could not subsist, be so necessary for the other?
Whether the dirt, and famine, and nakedness of the bulk of our people might not be remedied, even although we had no foreign trade? And whether this should not be our first care; and whether, if this were once provided for, the conveniences of the rich would not soon follow?
Ratified 12/15/1791 The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Query: Do the individual States wield too much power? Why or why not?
Ratified 12/15/1791 The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Query: How might one citizen’s rights infringe upon another citizen’s rights, and how can we balance those rights?